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T-Minus 12 Days to Perihelion, Rosetta’s Comet Up Close and in 3D
With just 12 days before Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reaches perihelion, we get a look at recent images and results released by the…
What’s the Big Deal About the Pentaquark?
"Three quarks for Muster Mark!," wrote James Joyce in his labyrinthine fable, Finnegan's Wake. By now, you may have heard this quote -…
Youthful Frozen Plains Cover Pluto’s Big ‘Heart’ – Spectacular New Images from New Horizons
This annotated view of a portion of Pluto’s Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), named for Earth’s first artificial satellite, shows an…
Three-tailed Comet Q1 PanSTARRS Lights Up Southern Skies
Call it the comet that squeaked by most northern skywatchers. Comet C/2014 Q1 PanSTARRS barely made an appearance at dawn in…
New Horizons Phones Home, Flyby a Success
Watch Pluto grow in this series of photos taken during New Horizons' approach Whew! We're out of the woods. On schedule…
Scientists Captivated By Pluto’s Emerging Geological Wonders
Bit by the Pluto bug? Day by day, new images appear showing an ever clearer view of a world we inexplicably love. Call…
Pluto’s ‘Heart’ Revealed as New Horizons Probe Starts Flyby Campaign: 5 Days Out
The Huge Heart of Pluto Pluto’s “Heart” is seen in this new image from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager…
NASA Loses Contact with New Horizons; Probe Now in Safe Mode
For a nail-biting hour and 20 minutes, NASA lost contact yesterday afternoon July 4 with the New Horizons spacecraft just…
River of Fire Smoke Darkens Sun and Moon
My eyes are burning. The morning Sun, already 40° high, glares a lemony-orange. It's meteorologically clear, but the sky looks…
Rosetta Orbiter Approved for Extended Mission and Bold Comet Landing
Rosetta will attempt comet landing This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 15 June…